📏 Form Guide

Accrington Stanley

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Accrington Stanley, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-1 League Two success versus Cheltenham Town.

For Accrington Stanley, goals were scored by Shaun Whalley (8'), Donald Love (45') and Devon Matthews (59'). Jordan Thomas (73') was the scorer for Cheltenham Town.

Their more recent scorelines shine a light on the fact that quality has been evident in the Accrington Stanley defence. Accrington Stanley have been mean at the back, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous 6 matches standing at 4.

Salford City

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Salford City will go into this meeting after a 0-2 League Two win to defeat Tranmere Rovers in their previous fixture.

For Salford City, goals were scored by Jorge Grant (68') and Kelly N’Mai (75').

During their 6 most recent matches, Karl Robinson's Salford City have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 11 times - giving them a goals per game average of 1.83.

Coming into this contest, Salford City are undefeated in their last 5 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes going back to 20/09/2022 shows us that Accrington Stanley have won 3 of them and Salford City 2, with the number of draws being 1.

A total of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 from Stanley and 6 belonging to The Ammies. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was League Two match day 3 on 16/08/2025 and the score finished Salford City 2-1 Accrington Stanley.

The match was refereed by Matthew Corlett.

📋 Team News: Salford City

Salford City manager Karl Robinson has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Josh Austerfield (Ankle injury) and Ollie Turton (Meniscus injury) will not be playing here.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Accrington Stanley may well find it hard to put one past this Salford City side who will likely get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

Our tip is therefore for a narrow 0-1 win for Salford City at the end of the match.

Should be a close one.

Renata Leite, 20:02 05/02/2026